Shashi, the 19th Brigade station.

The training of new recruits and veterans has been basically completed. More than 100 wounded soldiers who went to Hankou to heal their wounds have also returned to the team one after another. The personnel of the 19th Brigade have gradually been in order. It is still half a month before the parade, and it is almost time to conduct synthetic training. At this moment, more than 1,200 officers and soldiers have already assembled on the playground.

The 19th Brigade said it was a battalion-level combat unit, but in fact it was almost a regiment-level organization.

The first thing to be determined is the organization and the appointment of officers. Feng Shengfa had no intention of asking about Xu Shijiu's absolute authority.

In terms of employment, Feng Shengfa is different from other senior generals of the National Army. The first principle he considers when employing people is whether he is his own direct line? No matter how capable he is, he will never pay attention to it. No matter how capable he is, he must pay attention to it even if he is not a direct line. But Feng Shengfa is not like this. The first thing he considers about using people is ability. As long as you have the ability, he can be valued even if he is not a direct line.

Xu Shijiu temporarily organized more than 1,200 officers and soldiers into three infantry companies, one artillery company and a guard platoon.

The commander of the first infantry company, Gao Shenxing, had a force of 400, and they were all veterans selected by Gao Shenxing. This is also Xu Shijiu's usual style, or the tradition of the 19th Route Army. Xu Shijiu would never divide the veterans evenly among the companies, but instead gathered the most capable and strongest military literacy and formed a fist force.

Zhang Youquan, the commander of the Second Infantry Company, had a strength of 300 people, and only half of them were veterans.

Shu Tongwen, the commander of the Third Infantry Company, also had 300 troops, but there were even fewer veterans.

The company commander of the artillery company was Hu Jie, with only a hundred troops, and all of them were new recruits.

In addition, there is Hei Xiazi's guard platoon, with eighty troops, all of whom are veterans who have returned from the team after recovering from injury.

The platoon leaders of each infantry company were all veterans of the ranks. The dozen Central Military Academy students who participated in the training of recruits were only deputy platoon leaders. It was not Xu Shijiu who underestimated these military academy students. It was really that these cadets were too young. It would be irresponsible to hand over the life and death of dozens of people in the ranks to them at once.

This is also a major factor in the poor performance of the Central Army in the Battle of Shanghai and the Nanjing Defense War, because most of the grassroots officers of the Central Army are graduates of the Central Military Academy. Although these students have received formal military academy education, most of them can be regarded as brave and brave in their style, dare to fight, but their practical experience is too lacking.

Of course, the dozen or so military academy students did not think so. Their classmates all became platoon leaders as soon as they graduated, but they were just deputy platoon leaders. They were inevitably dissatisfied and complained. Xu Shijiu was unmoved at all. He would never hand over the troops to a group of novices without any practical experience, even if they were top students who graduated from the Central Military Academy.

Looking at the queue of the 19th Brigade in line with satisfaction, Xu Shijiu said: "Take in line with the order."

Standing on the far left side of the queue, one company and one line running out of the line under the leadership of the platoon leader, heading to the Military Control Office to collect military uniforms. The Military Control Office of the Division was not far from the 19th Brigade's base. After more than ten minutes, they took back their new military uniforms and were dressed neatly. They were all gray khaki cotton military uniforms, one colored black cloth shoes with a colored rubber-soled German steel helmets, and even the bullet bags on their shoulders were replaced with brand new canvas bullet bags, and military kettles.

Ye Ruxue got out of the car and saw a neat and energetic national army. They were wearing brand new military uniforms, leggings, and helmets. At first glance, the vertical, horizontal and oblique were all obvious straight lines. What made Ye Ruxue's eyes lit up was that all the national army had bright eyes and energetic.

In Anqing, Jiujiang and Wuhan, Ye Ruxue has also visited several troops, including many of which are the Central Army's 87th Division, which has a brilliant past. However, the interview result disappointed Ye Ruxue. Most of the officers and soldiers of these German divisions were indifferent and dull, which was a world of difference from when they first set foot on the battlefield of Songhu.

But the troops in front of him reminded Ye Ruxue of the Fifth Army that had just entered Shanghai.

Ye Ruxue couldn't help but pick up the camera on her chest and pressed the shutter repeatedly.

Hearing the "click" and "click" camera shutter sound, the officers and soldiers of the National Army lined up on the playground remained motionless. The strict training made none of them turn around. Only Xu Shijiu in front of the queue turned around with a cold face. Ye Ruxue turned the shutter and gently pressed the shutter against Xu Shijiu, and then put down the camera.

"Is it you?" After seeing Ye Ruxue's face clearly, Xu Shijiu couldn't help but be slightly stunned. The female reporter in front of him was a bit too beautiful, so he still had the impression that she was the battlefield reporter of the Mile Review newspaper I met on the Honghe Road Bridge position that day, and it seemed that she was calling Ye Shixue.

Ye Ruxue smiled at Xu Shijiu and said, "I said we will meet again, Chinese soldiers."

At this moment, Ye Ruxue's mood was unprecedentedly good, and the haze that had been shrouding her heart these days also dissipated.

Xu Shijiu was also happy when he heard this. He remembered the "Chinese Soldier" type that he reported to the other party that day, but his expression immediately dimmed again, because then he remembered the more than 500 brothers who died on the Honghe Road and Bridge position. In that battle, the 19th Brigade fought so fiercely, and more than 600 people were almost exhausted.

On the road from Changsha to Wuchang, more than 20,000 officers and soldiers were moving forward in a mighty manner.

No ordinary people came to see him off again, and all the people nearby hid in their homes. Through the closed doors and windows, they watched the Kuomintang army running on the road uneasy. As the national government's finances gradually depleted, arrears of military pay have become the norm. The problem inevitably arises when the military officers and soldiers of the Kuomintang cannot receive military pay for a long time.

After the large-scale land fall of North China and East China, hundreds of divisions of the National Army retreated to Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi and other provinces to replenish the government, which brought great burden to local governments and also caused serious disturbances to local public security. The Central Army could still receive some military pay, but local troops were in trouble, especially the Gui army that was defeated from the Songhu battlefield and the Nanjing battlefield, the Sichuan army and the Guangdong army. Without military pay, they could only disturb the people and seize food from the mouths of the people.

This is not to say that the Gui army, Sichuan army and Guangdong army have poor military disciplines. They are actually unwilling to steal local people, but the National Government cannot pay military salaries at all. The little money brought when they went to the expedition has long been exhausted. It is impossible to let hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers starve to death, right? I really have no choice but to reach out to the people.

Therefore, in Jiangxi, Hunan and Hubei provinces, the people's perception of the national army is already very negative.

Seeing that none of the gentry came out to welcome the people along the way, Gui Yongqing felt unhappy and asked the driver to stop the car. Then he climbed up a small hill beside the road with a big belly. Looking down from the hill, he saw that the officers and soldiers of the army lined up in four columns toward the north. The smoke and dust on the road were rolling, and the momentum was magnificent. Gui Yongqing felt a little relieved.

A car suddenly appeared on the north road, heading south against the army's marching queue, followed by two trucks. The convoy occupied the center of the highway, causing riots in the army's marching queue. The iron flow just now and the magnificent feeling was suddenly gone.

When Gui Yongqing was frowning and unhappy, Deputy Commander Li Shusen ran up panting and reported to him: "Military Captain, Minister He is here."

"Minister Who?" Gui Yongqing's face changed slightly, and he quickly ran down the mountain.

Of course, only He Yingqin, the Minister of Military Affairs and Commander-in-Chief of the Fourth War Zone, was the only one who could make the Central Army and Political Department, He Yingqin, the commander-in-chief of the Fourth War Zone. When Gui Yongqing ran down the mountain panting, the convoy had stopped and the door was opened. He Yingqin's adjutant got out of the car first. Gui Yongqing quickly took two steps forward and covered the upper edge of the car door with his hands before the adjutant.

He Yingqin lowered his head and got out of the car. Gui Yongqing and several officers rushed forward and stood attentively and saluted He Yingqin.

He Yingqin replied casually and went straight to the hill where Gui Yongqing had just stopped. Gui Yongqing, Li Shusen and several staff officers from the military headquarters were confused and could only follow him up the hill.

When He Yingqin climbed the hill, the army's marching line had restored order. The grand momentum of the army's march that Gui Yongqing had just felt came again. It must be admitted that there are still several powerful generals in the Central Military Academy's Teaching Corps. Although Qiu Qingquan and Liao Yaoxiang were transferred, Zhou Zhenqiang and Ma Weilong were still there.

Under the training of Zhou Zhenqiang and Ma Weilong, although the 46th Division could not restore the old weather of the Central Military Academy's Teaching Corps, it was obviously much stronger than other Central Military Army's moral divisions. Not to mention other aspects, the military appearance, ranks, and the spirit of the officers and soldiers was much better than that of other German divisions.

In the current battle sequence of the national army, the army is definitely worthy of the word "elite".

After a quarter of an hour, He Yingqin turned around and said to Gui Yongqing: "Frankly, how can you manage your army well?"

"Where are there." Gui Yongqing felt proud, but said modestly, "Isn't the general manager good at cultivating it."

He Yingqin really deserves the word "cultivation" for Gui Yongqing. After the Nanjing Defense Battle, Gui Yongqing went straight to Xiaguan Wharf to cross the river, but left the troops to Chief of Staff Qiu Qingquan. Chairman Jiang was extremely angry at first after hearing the news. Thanks to He Yingqin's maintenance, Gui Yongqing saved his position as captain.

Later, the commander of the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps was promoted to the commander of the army, which was even more important.

Of course, He Yingqin's care for Gui Yongqing is far more than that. Speaking of which, the two are still in-laws.

He Yingqin tightened his tweed coat and said, "I heard that the training of the 74th Army is also good. Are you confident that you can win the battle in the Huangpi military parade?

"74th Army? It's just a miscellaneous brand." Gui Yongqing said disdainfully, "Don't worry, the chief officer."
Chapter completed!